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Everett, WA
About Me:
I'm Wayne Garris's co-pilot/fellow airplane nut in the TechPod project
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
TechPod!
Hometown:
Everett
Activity Feed
"its right on the spar in the center of the spar cap"
"suppo 2826\4 and i have an 11x8 cam carbon folder i plan to use but i havent tested it yet"
"yeah, 10ft tall wayne makes it look tiny. it's a solid 9 foot wingspan, i can barely put it together in my bedroom and still get out the door."
"lol that's my alter ego. a real conversation starter."
i think i'm going to fly this one as a motor glider, we've got an autopilot and servos for another one on the way so i think i'll build another for a downward facing camera. i've just started a full time job though so i won't have all day every day…
Here they all are, i'll be building the pan/tilt pretty soon here once i get some servos.
"i'm not sure when they will arrive, wayne might know though!"
"the foam is not structural in this case. the three carbon rods lend all the necessary strength in the tail.
what i did is i took the crimps out of the plastic connector housing to fish it through the tail and rplaced them afterward."
what i did is i took the crimps out of the plastic connector housing to fish it through the tail and rplaced them afterward."
Sorry this one took so long to get to you guys, i spent a lot of time packing techpods instead of building them.in this one i build and align the tail. the next and final video will be the pod, that should be up soon.
"holy wall of text batman!
i like the idea of chdk, i've wanted to play with it but i don't have a canon camera. in fact, all of my personal cameras are film XD
i guess i'm going to surf craigslist for a cheap camera. "
i like the idea of chdk, i've wanted to play with it but i don't have a canon camera. in fact, all of my personal cameras are film XD
i guess i'm going to surf craigslist for a cheap camera. "
"I guess I know what i'm going to do with my TechPod now! What kind of cameras do you guys have in mind? We've got a sony nex-5n that we can usehttp://store.sony.com/p/Sony-NEX-5-18-55mm-lens/en/p/NEX5NK/B
and also a HackHDhttp://www.hackhd.com/
I'll…"
and also a HackHDhttp://www.hackhd.com/
I'll…"
"Tilman - people do this all the time on gliders, it's very popular. just look around the sailplane forum on RCgroups and you'll find plenty of examples.http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21365753&postcoun... i don't know if…"
"yeah i have a setup like that in my DLG. i'm going to color code them with heatshrink for this build. i'm also going to do some fancy aile-flap-eron mixing glider style as i plan on flying this one as a motor glider."
"thanks. it's served me well.unfortunately the fuselage build video is going to be delayed, i accidentally cut my only motor mount hardware too short, so i'm going to run down to home depot and pick up some more. i got the tail all built though and…"
The first video is up! I go in-depth and walk you through the entire build of a techpod wing, from soldering servo extensions to laying in the spar. enjoy!
"ok guys i've got one wing finished and i'm editing the build video now. should be up tomorrow."
